Funny Car Name Generator

Puns and joke names for the car you love

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Generate funny car names built on wordplay: make and model puns like Optimus Prius and Saab Story, celebrity puns like Dent Eastwood and Carrie Underhood, mock-grand titles like Sir Stalls-a-Lot and deadpan names like Check Engine Light.

About funny car names

The quickest way to a funny car name is the badge on the trunk. Most makes and models are one letter away from a joke: a Prius becomes Optimus Prius, a Miata becomes Miata Culpa, a Forester becomes Forester Gump and a Saab writes its own Saab Story. About two fifths of this list is built that way, covering everyday makes from Accord-ing to Plan to Lord Volvomort, so start by looking for your own car.

The second source is the car itself. Hoods, brakes, gears and grilles slot neatly into famous names (Carrie Underhood, Dent Eastwood, Brad Pitstop, Grille Murray), and driving vocabulary makes easy wordplay: Alternator Ego, Spoiler Alert, Carpool Tunnel, Torque of the Town. For a car with more personality than horsepower there are mock-grand titles such as Sir Stalls-a-Lot, General Malfunction and Conqueror of Speed Bumps, and deadpan names taken from the dashboard and the back seat: Check Engine Light, Recalculating, French Fry Graveyard.

A joke name works when people get it in the time it takes to read a license plate frame. Pick the one that made you laugh out loud, then test it on whoever rides shotgun.

How to choose funny car names

Look for your make or model first. A pun on the badge, such as Camry On, Jetta Lag or Back Porsche, is funnier on the right car than any general joke.
Let the car's flaws choose. A slow car earns Zero to Sixty Eventually, a dented one Major Dent or Dame Judi Dent, and a noisy one Rattle and Hum.
Keep it short enough to say. You will say the name far more often than you write it, and a long one like Silverado Linings Playbook gets shortened within a week.
Choose a reference your passengers will get without an explanation. Film and song titles from any decade work as long as the original is well known.
If the name is going on a vanity plate or a decal, read your state's plate rules and character limit yourself before you order.

Frequently asked questions

What are some funny names for a car?

Make and model puns are the favorites: Optimus Prius, Miata Culpa, Forester Gump, Fiat Accompli and Saab Story. For any car, try a famous name with a car part in it, such as Dent Eastwood or Carrie Underhood, or a mock title like Sir Stalls-a-Lot or General Malfunction.

How do I make a pun from my own car's make or model?

Say the name out loud and listen for the word it nearly is. Camry sounds like carry (Camry On), Audi like howdy (Audi Partner) and Passat like pass (Passat the Salt). Then drop it into a film title, a song, a famous name or a common phrase.

Is this the same as a Funny Car in drag racing?

No. Funny Car is also the name of a drag racing class, but this page is about joke names for the car in your driveway. The names here are wordplay such as Transmission Impossible and Spoiler Alert rather than names for the strip.

Do these names suit a family car?

Yes. The list sticks to clean wordplay on makes, car parts, films and songs, plus gentle self-mockery for the family hauler such as Mom's Taxi, Crumb Collector and Are We There Yet.

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All 500 funny car names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 25 names

Accord-ing to Plan
Achy Brakey Heart
Acura Matata
Al Parkino
Alfa Bet Soup
Alfa Betty
Almost a Porsche
Alternator Ego
Altima Warrior
Altima-tum
American Idle
April Fuel
Archduke Alternator
Are We There Yet
Artful Dodger
Aston Kutcher
Aston Martini
Atlas Shrugged
Audi Doody
Audi Hepburn
Audi Partner
Audios Amigos
Auto von Bismarck
Autobahn Jovi
Axle Foley

B: 33 names

Back in Black
Back Porsche
Bank Owns It
Baron von Backfire
Baroness Blinker
Batteries Not Included
Beemer Me Up
Beetle Bailey
Beetle Mania
Beige Rage
Benedict Cumberhatch
Bentley Out of Shape
Billy Idle
Bimmer Down Now
Blazer of Glory
Blinker Bell
Blue's Clues
Bolt From the Blue
Brad Pitstop
Brake a Leg
Brake Dance
Brake Lively
Brake Shelton
Brat Pack
Bringer of Groceries
Britney Gears
Buckle Up Buttercup
Bug Bunny
Bug's Life
Bugsy Malone
Buick to the Future
Bumper Sticker Gallery
Bus Lightyear

C: 51 names

Camaro Diaz
Camry Me Home
Camry On
Can't Afford It
Captain Check Engine
Car Jar Binks
Carcasm
Carl Sedan
Carma Chameleon
Carpool Karaoke
Carpool Tunnel
Carrera Bradshaw
Carrie Fishtail
Carrie Underhood
Carry McCarface
Carth Vader
Catalytic Convert
Cayenne Pepper
Celica Dion
Certified Lemon
Challenger Accepted
Chariot of Tires
Check Engine Light
Chevy Duty
Chevy Metal
Chevy to the Levee
Chicken Coupe
Civic Lesson
Civic Minded
Clifford
Coffee Brake
Colonel Mustard
Compact Disc
Cone of Shame
Conqueror of Speed Bumps
Cooper Trooper
Corolla de Vil
Corporal Clutch
Corvette Summer
Count Dentula
Countess Cupholder
Coupe d'État
Coupe de Grâce
Coupe-on Clipper
Crossover Episode
Crosstrek Into Darkness
Crumb Collector
Cupholder With Wheels
Curb Appeal
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Czar Car

D: 22 names

Dad's Taxi
Dame Judi Dent
Dash Hound
Dashboard Confessional
Dead Battery Society
Deadly Acuracy
Dent Eastwood
Depreciation Station
Designer Clutch
Destroyer of Gas Budgets
Deville in Disguise
Devourer of Paychecks
Disco Inferno
Doctor Vroom
Dodge Ball
Dolly Parkton
Door Ajar
Dora the Explorer
Driving Miss Lazy
Duchess of Drive-Thru
Duke of Oil
Durango Unchained

E: 6 names

Earl Grey
Electric Slide
Element of Surprise
Emperor of the Slow Lane
Escape Artist
Escape Goat

F: 29 names

Fashionably Late
Ferrari Bueller
Ferrari Fawcett
Fiat Accompli
Fiatuccine Alfredo
Fiesta Forever
Firebird Is the Word
Flew the Coupe
Flex Capacitor
Focus Pocus
Ford Knox
Ford of the Rings
Ford Prefect
Fordo Baggins
Forester Gump
Forte Winks
Four Wheels and a Prayer
Francis Scott Key Fob
Frank Sonata
French Fry Graveyard
Fresh Prius of Bel-Air
Friar Truck
Front Porsche
Fuel Hand Luke
Fuel Me Once
Fuel's Gold
Fuelish Pride
Fusion Confusion
Future Classic

G: 23 names

Galant Effort
Galaxy Far Far Away
Gandalf the Grey
Garage Band
Gasket Case
Gear We Go
General Malfunction
Generic Sedan
George Foreman Grille
Glove Story
Golf Clap
Grand Am Slam
Grand Duke of Grocery Runs
Grape Expectations
Green Eggs and Ham
Greige Against the Machine
Grey Area
Grey's Anatomy
Grille Murray
Grille Nye
Guac Wagon
Guardian of the Garage
Gym Bag on Wheels

H: 27 names

Hard Drive
Hardtop Cafe
Hatch Adams
Hatchback Attack
Hatchback of Notre Dame
Held Together by Stickers
Her Royal Hatchback
Hi-Yo Silver
Highway Robbery
His Excellency the Econobox
His Royal Hybrid
Home on the Range Rover
Homer's Odyssey
Honda Burgundy
Honda Solo
Hondiana Jones
Honky Tonk Hatchback
Hoodini
Hope and Duct Tape
Horn of Plenty
Horn to Be Wild
Hot Rod Stewart
How's My Driving
Humbug
Hummer Time
Hummerdinger
Hybrid Theory

I: 6 names

I Am Sportagus
Idle Worship
Imprezive
Inconspicuous
Infiniti and Beyond
Instant Carma

J: 9 names

Jalopeño
Jetta Black
Jetta Lag
Jetta Set
Joule Thief
Juke Box Hero
Juke Skywalker
Jurassic Parked
Justin Timberbrake

K: 6 names

Keeper of the Cupholders
Ketchup
Kianu Reeves
Kim Cardashian
King of the Road
Kombi Nation

L: 24 names

Lack of Focus
Lada Gaga
Lady Dentsworth
Land Bruiser
Leaf Erikson
Leaf Me Alone
Learner's Permit
Lemon Aid
Leonardo DiCarprio
LeSabre Tooth
Lexus Luthor
Limo Bean
Limo-nade
Lincoln Log
Little Bo Beep
Lord of the Dings
Lord of the Rims
Lord Rustington
Lord Volvomort
Lost My Keys
Low Battery Charger
Low Tire Pressure
Lucky Brake
Lug Life

M: 37 names

Macan Cheese
Major Dent
Major Leak
Make a U-Turn
Malibu Barbie
Malibu Stacy
Marquis de Carpool
Matte Damon
Maxima Effort
Maxima Overdrive
Mayo
Mazda Fact
Mazdarati
Mercedes Bends
Mercury Retrograde
Mercury Rising
Merge Simpson
Metro Gnome
Miata Ball
Miata Be Kidding
Miata Culpa
Miata Loaf
Mick Jaguar
Mileage Cyrus
Miles to Go
Mini Driver
Mini Me
Mini Mouse
Minivan Halen
Model Citizen
Model T-Rex
Mom's Taxi
Morgan Freeway
Mother of Wagons
Moves Like Jaguar
Mustard
My Other Car Is This One

N: 3 names

Nissan Impossible
No Spoilers
Not a Ferrari

O: 15 names

Obi-Van Kenobi
Objects in Mirror
Of My Own Accord
Ohm Sweet Ohm
Oil Be Back
Oil's Well That Ends Well
Olds Cool
Optima Prime
Optimus Prius
Orange You Glad
Oscar the Grouch
Otto Mobile
Out of Focus
Outback of Beyond
Outlanderish

P: 24 names

Paint It Black
Paradigm Shift
Parallel Universe
Passat Go
Passat the Salt
Pedal Pascal
Penelope Cruze
Peter Parker
Phone Charger
Pilot Episode
Pink Slip
Pinto Bean
Plaid to the Bone
Plain Vanilla
Porsche Swing
Porschelain Doll
Pride and Prius
Prince of Parallel Parking
Prius Charming
Private Parking
Protector of the Cul-de-Sac
PT Bruiser
PT Loser
Purple Reign

Q: 3 names

Quarter-Life Crisis
Queen of the Carpool
Queen Vic

R: 35 names

Radiator Springs
Ram-a-Lama-Ding-Dong
Rambo
Ramen Noodle
Ranger Things
Rattle and Hum
Rav-ioli
Recalculating
Receipt Museum
Red Herring
Reddy or Not
Regal Beagle
Reincarnation
Reinvent the Wheel
Relish
Retired
Reverse Psychology
Revved and Ready
Rhonda the Honda
Richard Gear
Road Scholar
Roadney Dangerfield
Robert De Nitro
Rocinante
Roger Dodger
Roger Rabbit
Rogue One
Rolling Closet
Rolls Canardly
Rolls Model
Rolls Reversal
Root Beer Float
Run Forester Run
Running on Fumes
Ryan Gasling

S: 48 names

Saab Story
Saabotage
Saturn-day Night Fever
School Bus
Scion of the Times
Seat Warmer
Sebring It On
Sedan Connery
Sentra of Attention
Sentra Stage
Sergeant Sputter
Seventeen-Point Turn
Seville Disobedience
Shake Rattle and Roll
Shaquille O'Wheel
Silverado Linings Playbook
Sir Dents-a-Lot
Sir Honks-a-Lot
Sir Isaac Neutral
Sir Lancer-lot
Sir Reginald Revsworth III
Sir Stalls-a-Lot
Slayer of Potholes
Sloth Mode
Smart Cookie
Smarty Pants
Smiles per Gallon
Snack Shuttle
Sonic the Hatchback
Soul Train
Spoiler Alert
Spring Brake
Squeak Toy
Squeaky Wheel
Steer Crazy
Steer Pressure
Steering Committee
Still Making Payments
Strut Your Stuff
Student Driver
Subie Doo
Subie or Not Subie
Suburban Legend
Supra Dupra
Supra Mario
Supracalifragilistic
Swagger Wagon
Swedish Meatball

T: 38 names

Taco Tuesday
Tailgate Party
Tank Goodness
Tanks a Lot
Taurus the Bull
Taylor Drift
Telluride or Die
The Brake Fast Club
The Honorable Hatchback
The Magnificent Seven-Seater
The Other Car
The Pacifier
There Can Be Only One
Tina Turbo
Tire-annosaurus Rex
Tired Out
Tireion Lannister
Titan Up
Toll Troll
Tom Cruise Control
Tom Honks
Top Down Management
Torque Is Cheap
Torque of the Town
Torque Show
Total Eclipse of the Hatch
Totally Exhausted
Toy Yoda
Traffic Jam Session
Transmission Impossible
Tread Astaire
Tread Carefully
Truck Norris
Truckleberry Finn
Trunk Show
Trusty Steed
Tundra Struck
Turn Over a New Leaf

U: 5 names

Un-Ford-gettable
Unpaid Chauffeur
Untitled Car Project
Usain Volt
USS Underpowered

V: 12 names

Valet Girl
Van Diagram
Van Helsing
Van of Green Gables
Van Solo
Vanity Plate
Veloster Raptor
Vice Versa
Vin Number
Vincent Van Go
Viscount Viscosity
Volvorine

W: 14 names

Warden of the Driveway
Warranty Expired
Wash Me
Watt's Up
Welcome Wagon
Wheel Ferrell
Wheel of Misfortune
Wheel Smith
Wheelie Nelson
Wheelie Wonka
Wheezy Rider
Whose Car We Taking
Wiper Snapper
WRX-cellent

X: 1 name

Xterra Terrestrial

Y: 2 names

Yaris Hilton
Yugo Girl

Z: 1 name

Zero to Sixty Eventually

0-9: 1 name

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